[dɪˈtatʃ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- disengage (something or part of something) and remove it
(e.g: he detached the front lamp from its bracket)

- leave or separate oneself from (a group or place)
(e.g: a figure in brown detached itself from the shadows)

- (of a group of soldiers or ships) be sent on a separate mission
(e.g: our crew were detached to Tabuk for the exercise)


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Origin:
late 16th century (in the sense ‘discharge a gun’): from French détacher, earlier destacher, from des- (expressing reversal) + attacher ‘attach’